What Right has the USA got to FORCE democracy on the Iraqi people?

Question

When we cannot even get rid of a despotic, anti-constitution, leader that 71% of the nation doesn't want???????????

Answer 1

More to the point that everyone is missing, what ABILITY do we have to force Democracy down people's throats?

Are we going to occupy Iraq forever? Herd the Iraqis to the polls at gunpoint every time there's an Election? Demand a do over if the Sharia Law and Order Candidates win?

Democracies happen when the People demand them. They survive when People fight for them.

Right now, I'd like to have those troops back home so they can fight to keep Democracy alive and well in the US.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, we tend to think that democracy is the only proper form of government, despite the fact that there are others who would disagree. While I'm glad that we have democracy here in the US, I don't think we should force it on people who don't want it. Not only that, but in general, the Muslim countries don't have a long democratic tradition like a lot of Christian countries do, so I wonder if democracy is really incompatible with their way of life. After all, in Western Europe and the US, there is a long tradition of the separation of the religious and the secular. However, that's not the case in the Muslim countries. Islam is more than just a religion; it's a way of life. In many cases, the religious leaders have also been the temporal leaders in the Muslim lands.

Answer 3

I have the recipe for a delicious chocolate cake and I want to share it with you. Imagine I am standing in front of you with this fantastic creation. You might ask for the recipe before taking a bite, right? What you wouldn’t appreciate is if I took the entire cake and rammed it down your throat in order for you to taste it, let alone enjoy.

Democracy is a chocolate cake.

Answer 4

We don't have the right to force democracy on any country. If there is oil, then it's okay according to Bush. Can't wait until Bush is out of the White House

Answer 5

We have no right, but that doesn't stop our government which is driven by power and money. Perhaps another country is going to come here and try to force democracy on us.

Answer 6

Youth is wasted on the young, and the shallow thoughts I see expressed. A moment of reflection might help. First of all there is nothing unconstitutional about President Bush--there is a reason for the separation of powers in this country--anything unconstituional from either the Executive or Legislative branch will be reversed by the Supreme Court. Unconstitutional laws therefore--unconstitutional directives therefore--will and have often over the last two hundred years been found as such. Secondly--there is no requirement that once elected a president has to have a majority of the people "liking" him. If he has done something illegal--there are constituional processes for removal. Since we do not see any of those things occuring-since we do not see the supreme court overturning most things--your comments of despotic and unconstitutional are just the ravings of a little boy who doesn't have things going the way he wants them to. The little boy is resorting to an arguement ad hominim--(since I doubt if you are wise enough to understand what that is--if you can't win an arguement by logic--you attack the persons character instead--in essence chaning the arguement).
Finally. You liberals pilloried both President Bush and President Clinton for failure to react when presented with Intellence information on Al Queda--ignoring threat analysis. With IRAQ every major Intel network (Russian, French, English, German) were all in agreement that Saddam had WMD's. With a dictatotor that could threaten the Kuwait and Arabian oilfields with WMD's and by the fact that Saddam never allowed the myth to be dispeled and by the fact he had once invaded Kuwait and broken the no fly zone many times--and used nerve agents on his own population (Kurdish)--these were direct threats to the security of the Western economy. The English and the Americans acted on this intel--the Germans and French didn't disagree with trying to remove Saddam--simply whether it was time to use force to remove him or not. As far as forcing a democracy on the IRAQI people. Far from it--they are free to choose whatever they wish to choose--the USA and Brits are simply ensuring that whatever government they choose it has sufficent checks and balances within it to avoid another Monster like Saddam from taking over the government. Nuff said?

Answer 7

None. The Iraqi people have the right to be ruled by a dictator. Just as the Vietnamese people have the right to be communist. I don't suppose you remember the despotic, anti-constitution, LBJ do you?

Answer 8

Let's see we force it on Germany, Japan and South Korea seems to be working pretty good so far. Latest poll show the new congress at 14% or 86% of the nation doesn't want???????

Answer 9

its not about the Iraqi people ... it about what most other things in this corrupted government ... oil = money

Answer 10

Forcing democracy on anyone is pointless. You cannot force civic virtue on people that don't want to be virtuous.